NASA's X-38 made a successful free flight and parachute landing

NASA's X-38 made a successful free flight and parachute landing from a B-52 bomber on Feb. 6 at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, Calif. It was the second flight of the prototype for a crew rescue vehicle for the International Space Station. The first flight last March had problems with...

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